Kyle Tran Myhre

Dark, angry, memorable music that isn’t Yeezus

By Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (Guante.info) | June 19, 2013

Here’s the thing: I love the type of music Kanye is making right now: dark, aggressive, challenging, dystopian, memorable, etc. The thing that bothers me, however, is that music critics and fans are so willing to talk about how innovative and unique and revolutionary it is, when they ignore a ton of artists making similarly dark, aggressive, challenging, dystopian, memorable music. I’m not saying that he doesn’t deserve the attention (I’ve been a Kanye apologist up until very recently); just that he’s not the only one pushing boundaries. Continue Reading

Apology not accepted: On Joel Brinkley, Vietnam, and intent vs. impact

By Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (Guante.info) | February 12, 2013

In a February 1 piece for Tribune Media Services, Stanford journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Joel Brinkley wrote about how Vietnamese people are aggressive because they eat so much meat, especially dogs. Continue Reading

New video: “Action” and men’s responsibility to end rape culture

By Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (Guante.info) | December 10, 2012

This is a poem it took a very long time to write. I’m still not convinced that it’s done. But I wanted to get it out there. For the record, it’s not a true story. Normally, I wouldn’t tell people that, but I think it’s important to move past the attitude that something is only important if it’s happened to you personally. Continue Reading

My thoughts on the 2012 election and a link to a voter guide

By Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (Guante.info) | October 30, 2012

Part of the trouble with releasing an album on Election Day is that a lot of my energy and ink is put toward promoting that, rather than the obviously-more-important election. But before we get to a deluge of music videos and promos and reviews and all that, here are my thoughts on 2012: Continue Reading

Hip Hop Against Homophobia: Looking back, looking forward

By Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (Guante.info) | October 4, 2012

We started throwing these Hip Hop Against Homophobia shows in Minneapolis back in 2009 or so, and have since thrown more than a dozen of them all around the state. Continue Reading

Beyond the benefit: 3 ways artists can have a concrete impact on the election and the larger movement

By Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (Guante.info) | September 25, 2012

Obviously, there’s nothing wrong with benefit concerts (usually). Artists will always be involved in raising money for charities, campaigns and organizations, and that’s cool. Continue Reading

Why I’m voting NO on BOTH referenda this November

By Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (Guante.info) | August 27, 2012

I know it’s only August, but we need to be talking about this:

Three points about rape jokes that people seem to be ignoring

By Kyle Tran Myhre (Guante.info) | July 16, 2012

Recently, comedian Daniel Tosh dealt with a heckler by saying “wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped by like, five guys right now? Like right now? What if a bunch of guys just raped her?” This touched off a firestorm of both criticism and defensiveness and knee-jerk reactions. And this is nothing new. Continue Reading

“Five Horsemen,” basketball, and the difference between tragedy and injustice

By Kyle Tran Myhre | July 5, 2012

This is a poem/story I’ve been writing for years. At its core, this is about how some of the bad things that happen to us are just bad luck, or fate or whatever… but many of the bad things that happen to us– often the things we THINK are just bad luck or fate– happen for specific reasons.

A Twin Cities Hip Hop primer

By Kyle Tran Myhre | May 24, 2012

Is the Twin Cities hip hop scene oversaturated (as this recent Slug-by-way-of-the-City-Pages article said)? I don’t think so. There are a ton of hip hop acts here, but there are also a ton of hip hop acts doing radically different, interesting, creative things. Continue Reading

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